AN INVALIDED TROOPER'S CASE
CHRISTCH-URCH, May 27. At a meeting of the Hospital Board -several members spoke in indignant "tones of the treatment of a returned trooper, who, it was stated, came lack from Egypt suffering from tuberculosis, wandered about the streets for some time, and finally found his way to the Board's tuberculosis dispensary, where it was discovered for the first time that he was simply in a state of collapse. One member said lie was- astdßlshed to learn that the defence authorities had not provided for the man and that local bodies also must be held responsible for the treatment of returned troopers. The matter was an absolute disgrace. It was decided to ask the Public JHealth Committee to investigate and take action.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 27 May 1915, Page 8
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125AN INVALIDED TROOPER'S CASE Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 27 May 1915, Page 8
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